If you package your script with PrimalScript’s or PrimalForm’s packager you have the option of including a manifest. This manifest can be used to make your executable file prompt for elevation when executed. It’s easy to spot the difference between an application that will prompt for elevation and one that does not by looking at […]
Tag: PrimalForms
Got Shrinkage?
Is your form suffering from shrinkage? Nobody likes it when your form shrinks to sizes where you can no longer see any controls. How embarrassing! Well there is hope! Stop embarrassing shrinkage with our simple solution! With a single application you will impress instead of depress! The PrimalForms Solution: Click on your form in the […]
What’s new in the 2011 versions?
You wanted to know what’s new in the 2011 versions of PrimalScript and PrimalForms. Please check out the brochures we created here: http://www.sapien.com/assets/pdf/ReasonsToUpgradeToPrimalScript2011.pdf and here: http://www.sapien.com/assets/pdf/ReasonsToUpgradeToPrimalForms2011.pdf These will tell you a little bit about the products and also have a grid comparing them to previous versions.
New poll: Do you use the PrimalScript/PrimalForms Start Page?
Look to the right. There is a new poll. We are curious if you use the Start Page that usually comes up first when you start PrimalScript or PrimalForms. Come on, it’s just one click, “Yes”, “No” or, if you have never seen it, “What start page?” Thanks! Oh, and feel free to comment if […]
Happy Anniversary, Dear!
This month we are celebrating our 25th year in business and *you* are receiving the gifts! Everything in our online catalog—software, books, DVD, even our fabulous Infiniti pens (as featured in Battlestar Galactica)—is 25% off retail prices. For our silver anniversary, we thought about giving you something made of silver but then we realized that […]
You love us, right? So vote for your favorite tools!
Under normal circumstances, this would be considered a shameless plug but, since we know that you love our tools and support, just consider this an affirmation of our commitment to each other! WindowsIT Pro is conducting a technology survey and we are up for *awesome* in several categories. They are: Best Scripting Tool (question # […]
PrimalForms 2011: Create an Awesome Fade In Form
Did you ever want to make your forms a little more flashy? How about creating an Awesome Fade In Form? Yeah that’s right I said Awesome! [Start Deep Voice] Everybody loves it when their forms make a smooth entrance. Ohhh Yeahhh… As opposed to the typical abrupt “here I am” way. But then again, whatever […]
SAPIEN Summer Learning Bundle
We have put together the perfect summer learning bundle. No time for classrooms? No budget for travel? Get our PowerShell “Summer Learning” bundle and learn PowerShell at your own pace. The bundle consists of our hugely popular PrimalForms 2011, Windows PowerShell 2.0 ebook, and the complete Windows PowerShell Class-on-Disc set, available for the first time […]
Which font do you use for programming?
SAPIEN code editors usually default to “Courier New” when you install them first. The reason for that is simple: It’s installed on virtually every Windows system since Windows 98. Once in a while we get a wave of emails asking us to change that default to whatever the author prefers. Here is a brief, albeit […]
PrimalForms 2011: Creating Responsive Loops
In the PrimalForms: Preventing Multiple Button Clicks blog article, we introduced the [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents method, which allows the application to process form events. This method also becomes very useful when you have a script that runs through a long loop. Here is a sample loop with a progress bar you may encounter in your script: $buttonProcessLoop_Click={ […]
